![]() If you see the phrase spelled this way, with an extra u, know that it is incorrect. Even well-known authors and news reporters get things wrong from time to time, with this inaccurate spelling slipping past their editors. There’s a good chance you may have seen this term written ad nauseum, whether in books and newspapers or online articles. However, you may sometimes see it written this way, especially when the writer is referring to the phrase itself, as it is often in this article.ĭiscover the meaning of another Latin phrase, Et tu, Brute?, here. I’ve heard her brag about her kids ad nauseam, and my ears can’t take it anymore!īecause it has been used in English for so long, you don’t usually need to italicize the term in writing. ![]() We’ve been arguing ad nauseam over who should take out the trash. I never want to see that commercial again! They played it ad nauseam last night it was so annoying! However, it doesn’t have to be used to describe an argument and can really be said or written in reference to any action not wished to be seen, heard, or discussed any longer. (Other similar Latin phrases include argumentum ad infinitum and ad infinitum, which translate to “argument to infinity” and simply “to infinity.”) Of course, while hearing the same thing over and over again, to an excessive or annoying degree, isn’t very likely to make you physically ill, it might make you feel disgusted or bored, which are the most common figurative instances in which the term is used. The literal Latin translation of ad nauseam-pronounced ad naw-zee-uhm-is “to nausea” or “to sickness.” It is thought to originate from a longer Latin phrase, argumentum ad nauseam, which is why today ad nauseam on its own is typically used to describe an argument that is repeated so many times a person becomes sick from or sick of hearing it, literally (hence the origins) or figuratively.
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